Modeling of the Lyman gamma satellites in FUSE spectra of DA white dwarfs

Details Modeling of the Lyman gamma satellites in FUSE spectra of DA white dwarfs Modeling of the Lyman gamma satellites in FUSE spectra of DA white dwarfs

2003-05-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0305356v1

Astron.Astrophys.405:1153-1156,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20030715

We present new theoretical calculations of the line profile of Lyman gamma that include transitions in which a photon is absorbed by a neutral hydrogen atom while it interacts with a proton. Models show that two absorption features located near 992 A and 996 A are due to H-H^+ collisions. These quasi-molecular satellites are similar to those that were identified in the wings of Lyman alpha and Lyman beta lines of hydrogen-rich white dwarfs. We compute synthetic spectra that take account of these new theoretical profiles and compare them to the spectra of four DA white dwarfs that were observed with FUSE. The models predict the absorption features that are observed in the wing of Lyman gamma near 995 A, and confirm that these features are quasi-molecular satellites.

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